Boy I just haven’t had time to write lately…but I’ve been doing the usual stuff…sewing, painting, birthday, beach, gardens…etc. No words tonight, just some images to catch me up.
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Francis Bacon at PAM
On the way home from the farm we stopped to get a last look at the Francis Bacon triptych “Three Studies of Lucian Freud” on view at the Portland Art Museum until March 30th. These paintings were bought last year by collector Elaine Wynn at a Christies’ auction. Christies estimated the sale at a possible […]
“Pullet Shut”
Today at the urban farm there were a few projects to be worked on: move the chicken coop, install the new automatic door on the chicken coop, and move the composters. R, Z and A got to work, while I played with Sidney…good division of labor from my point of view. The new door for […]
Disjecta’s Portland Biennial, 2014
Saturday was “Biennial day” and we looked at a lot. I encourage you to visit the three or 4 venues and see the work. I’m including here the things that were most interesting to me…so this is not an encyclopedic list. An early stop was at the Upfor Gallery at NE Flanders and 9th where […]
Amusements…
Across the country in New York City a beautiful new baby has been born, and her name is Colette. Her quilt was all ready, so once I heard her name and birth date I finished it off. The border is made of bits of fabric left-over from the quilt I made for her big brother […]
Eunice Parsons at the PNAA
An exciting day this week when Eunice Parsons brought her papers to the PNAA (Pacific Northwest Artists Archive) at the Willamette University Library. Roger Hull and archivist Mary McRobinson have been actively collecting the “papers” (correspondence, drawing books, clippings, photographs, exhibition announcements, cassette interviews) of Oregon artists since 1997…an invaluable resource for researchers working on […]
The Church Street Bridge
Ellen Stevens and a group of citizens is working on saving the beautiful Church Street Bridge. It was built in 1928 and designed by then Salem bridge engineer R.A.Furrow, one-time colleague of well-known bridge designer Conde McCullough. The bridge is a beauty… spanning Pringle Creek (which is a pretty swollen, roaring body of water today…due […]
TOO Much Fun…
Kate invited me along to her quilt group this morning, and what a fun group they are. A variety of ages, a variety of interests, and very welcoming. Our hostess was Linda whose entire house is a quilting treasure trove…here’s a brief tour…she collects buttons… including this cute as a button pup named Buttons… and […]
John Brodie/Debra Beers/Ted Vogel
On our way to and from seeing Sidney (our current priority!) we swung through some college art galleries and saw a couple of terrific shows. Portland artist John Brodie’s show “Versus Artifacts” is up at the Linfield College Gallery until March 22 and is well worth a trip to McMinnville.. This one is called “Hello, […]
Kate Wagle/Keith Achepol
Print maker Keith Achepol has a show at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art this month…a suite of prints based on imagined narratives derived from Italian ex voto images. Thursday night metal smith Kate Wagle of Portland spoke about the history of the ex voto, and her own interest in them as metal objects. Ex […]
On The Way 